flank
/flæŋk/ nom C2En français : flanc, flanchet
- The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip. · Holonym: side
- A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants. · I took the quarter and hid it in my right flank.
- An ideological faction within a political party. · Ford survived a primary challenge in 1976 from the right flank of the Republican Party by Ronald Reagan.
- The outermost strip of a road.
Pluriel flanks
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The Mouse peeped out, crept furtively up his flank, and again biting him, retreated to his hole.
But the next instant Holmes had emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creature’s flank.
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